1. On a freshly installed Antergos Mate 17.3 the upgrade from 1.16.1 to 1.18.0 goes without a problem.
  3. ┌──[just]@[alexatm]:~$
  4. └─> mate-session --version
  5. mate-session 1.16.1
  6. ┌──[just]@[alexatm]:~$
  7. └─> sudo pacman -Syyu
  8. :: Synchronizing package databases...
  9. antergos-staging 33.9 KiB 3.31M/s 00:00 [###########################################] 100%
  10. antergos 142.1 KiB 4.08M/s 00:00 [###########################################] 100%
  11. core 123.9 KiB 1068K/s 00:00 [###########################################] 100%
  12. extra 1676.4 KiB 2.03M/s 00:01 [###########################################] 100%
  13. community 3.8 MiB 2.27M/s 00:02 [###########################################] 100%
  14. multilib 176.5 KiB 3.02M/s 00:00 [###########################################] 100%
  15. :: Starting full system upgrade...
  16. resolving dependencies...
  17. looking for conflicting packages...
  19. Packages (42) caja-1.18.0-1 caja-extensions-common-1.18.0-2 caja-gksu-1.18.0-2 caja-open-terminal-1.18.0-2
  20. cifs-utils-6.7-2 engrampa-1.18.0-1 eom-1.18.0-1 gamin-0.1.10-8 gssdp-1.0.1-1 gupnp-1.0.1-1 iniparser-4.0-2
  21. ldb-1.1.29-1 libbsd-0.8.3-1 libmatekbd-1.18.0-1 libmatemixer-1.18.0-1 libmateweather-1.18.0-1
  22. libwbclient-4.5.6-2 marco-1.18.0-1 mate-applets-1.18.0-1 mate-backgrounds-1.18.0-1
  23. mate-control-center-1.18.0-1 mate-desktop-1.18.0-1 mate-icon-theme-1.18.0-1 mate-media-1.18.0-1
  24. mate-menus-1.18.0-1 mate-notification-daemon-1.18.0-1 mate-panel-1.18.0-1 mate-polkit-1.18.0-1
  25. mate-power-manager-1.18.0-1 mate-screensaver-1.18.0-1 mate-session-manager-1.18.0-1
  26. mate-settings-daemon-1.18.0-1 mate-system-monitor-1.18.0-1 mate-terminal-1.18.0-1 mate-user-guide-1.18.0-1
  27. mate-utils-1.18.0-1 mozo-1.18.0-1 perl-parse-yapp-1.05-6 samba-4.5.6-2 smbclient-4.5.6-2 talloc-2.1.9-1
  28. tevent-1:0.9.31-1
  30. Total Download Size: 96.65 MiB
  31. Total Installed Size: 282.30 MiB
  32. Net Upgrade Size: 61.38 MiB
  34. :: Proceed with installation? [Y/n]
  35. :: Retrieving packages...
  36. mate-desktop-1.18.0-1-x86_64 561.8 KiB 2.31M/s 00:00 [###########] 100%
  37. caja-1.18.0-1-x86_64 2.9 MiB 2.81M/s 00:01 [###########] 100%
  38. caja-extensions-common-1.18.0-2-x86_64 97.1 KiB 3.51M/s 00:00 [###########] 100%
  39. caja-gksu-1.18.0-2-x86_64 8.7 KiB 0.00B/s 00:00 [###########] 100%
  40. caja-open-terminal-1.18.0-2-x86_64 11.6 KiB 0.00B/s 00:00 [###########] 100%
  41. engrampa-1.18.0-1-x86_64 1046.7 KiB 3.01M/s 00:00 [###########] 100%
  42. eom-1.18.0-1-x86_64 1793.4 KiB 3.26M/s 00:01 [###########] 100%
  43. libmatekbd-1.18.0-1-x86_64 125.4 KiB 4.08M/s 00:00 [###########] 100%
  44. libmatemixer-1.18.0-1-x86_64 162.6 KiB 3.97M/s 00:00 [###########] 100%
  45. libmateweather-1.18.0-1-x86_64 13.9 MiB 3.35M/s 00:04 [###########] 100%
  46. marco-1.18.0-1-x86_64 874.4 KiB 3.08M/s 00:00 [###########] 100%
  47. mate-menus-1.18.0-1-x86_64 131.9 KiB 2.58M/s 00:00 [###########] 100%
  48. mate-panel-1.18.0-1-x86_64 1501.1 KiB 2.90M/s 00:01 [###########] 100%
  49. mate-applets-1.18.0-1-x86_64 6.5 MiB 2.97M/s 00:02 [###########] 100%
  50. mate-backgrounds-1.18.0-1-any 19.9 MiB 3.26M/s 00:06 [###########] 100%
  51. mate-icon-theme-1.18.0-1-any 11.2 MiB 3.21M/s 00:03 [###########] 100%
  52. mate-settings-daemon-1.18.0-1-x86_64 479.6 KiB 3.00M/s 00:00 [###########] 100%
  53. mate-control-center-1.18.0-1-x86_64 1113.8 KiB 3.26M/s 00:00 [###########] 100%
  54. mate-media-1.18.0-1-x86_64 224.2 KiB 2.35M/s 00:00 [###########] 100%
  55. mate-notification-daemon-1.18.0-1-x86_64 100.2 KiB 2.96M/s 00:00 [###########] 100%
  56. mate-polkit-1.18.0-1-x86_64 87.8 KiB 2.86M/s 00:00 [###########] 100%
  57. mate-power-manager-1.18.0-1-x86_64 2.8 MiB 3.29M/s 00:01 [###########] 100%
  58. mate-session-manager-1.18.0-1-x86_64 294.7 KiB 2.88M/s 00:00 [###########] 100%
  59. mate-screensaver-1.18.0-1-x86_64 4.4 MiB 3.17M/s 00:01 [###########] 100%
  60. mate-system-monitor-1.18.0-1-x86_64 1834.0 KiB 3.23M/s 00:01 [###########] 100%
  61. mate-terminal-1.18.0-1-x86_64 953.6 KiB 2.98M/s 00:00 [###########] 100%
  62. mate-user-guide-1.18.0-1-any 7.0 MiB 3.31M/s 00:02 [###########] 100%
  63. mate-utils-1.18.0-1-x86_64 5.7 MiB 3.11M/s 00:02 [###########] 100%
  64. mozo-1.18.0-1-any 103.4 KiB 2.81M/s 00:00 [###########] 100%
  65. gssdp-1.0.1-1-x86_64 52.1 KiB 3.91M/s 00:00 [###########] 100%
  66. gupnp-1.0.1-1-x86_64 145.7 KiB 1997K/s 00:00 [###########] 100%
  67. gamin-0.1.10-8-x86_64 43.1 KiB 3.24M/s 00:00 [###########] 100%
  68. talloc-2.1.9-1-x86_64 57.9 KiB 1929K/s 00:00 [###########] 100%
  69. tevent-1:0.9.31-1-x86_64 42.5 KiB 2.96M/s 00:00 [###########] 100%
  70. ldb-1.1.29-1-x86_64 162.5 KiB 2.52M/s 00:00 [###########] 100%
  71. libbsd-0.8.3-1-x86_64 132.5 KiB 2.59M/s 00:00 [###########] 100%
  72. iniparser-4.0-2-x86_64 11.5 KiB 0.00B/s 00:00 [###########] 100%
  73. libwbclient-4.5.6-2-x86_64 32.8 KiB 5.35M/s 00:00 [###########] 100%
  74. cifs-utils-6.7-2-x86_64 71.4 KiB 3.03M/s 00:00 [###########] 100%
  75. smbclient-4.5.6-2-x86_64 5.5 MiB 2.45M/s 00:02 [###########] 100%
  76. samba-4.5.6-2-x86_64 4.8 MiB 3.12M/s 00:02 [###########] 100%
  77. perl-parse-yapp-1.05-6-any 35.9 KiB 3.51M/s 00:00 [###########] 100%
  78. (42/42) checking keys in keyring [###########] 100%
  79. (42/42) checking package integrity [###########] 100%
  80. (42/42) loading package files [###########] 100%
  81. (42/42) checking for file conflicts [###########] 100%
  82. (42/42) checking available disk space [###########] 100%
  83. :: Processing package changes...
  84. ( 1/42) upgrading mate-desktop [###########] 100%
  85. ( 2/42) upgrading caja [###########] 100%
  86. ( 3/42) installing gssdp [###########] 100%
  87. Optional dependencies for gssdp
  88. gtk3: gssdp-device-sniffer [installed]
  89. ( 4/42) installing gupnp [###########] 100%
  90. Optional dependencies for gupnp
  91. python2: gupnp-binding-tool [installed]
  92. ( 5/42) installing gamin [###########] 100%
  93. Optional dependencies for gamin
  94. python2: for the python module [installed]
  95. ( 6/42) installing talloc [###########] 100%
  96. Optional dependencies for talloc
  97. python2: for python bindings [installed]
  98. ( 7/42) installing tevent [###########] 100%
  99. Optional dependencies for tevent
  100. python2: for python bindings [installed]
  101. ( 8/42) installing ldb [###########] 100%
  102. Optional dependencies for ldb
  103. python2: for python bindings [installed]
  104. ( 9/42) installing libbsd [###########] 100%
  105. (10/42) installing iniparser [###########] 100%
  106. (11/42) installing perl-parse-yapp [###########] 100%
  107. (12/42) installing libwbclient [###########] 100%
  108. (13/42) installing cifs-utils [###########] 100%
  109. (14/42) installing smbclient [###########] 100%
  110. (15/42) installing samba [###########] 100%
  111. (16/42) upgrading caja-extensions-common [###########] 100%
  112. (17/42) upgrading caja-gksu [###########] 100%
  113. (18/42) upgrading caja-open-terminal [###########] 100%
  114. (19/42) upgrading engrampa [###########] 100%
  115. (20/42) upgrading eom [###########] 100%
  116. (21/42) upgrading libmatekbd [###########] 100%
  117. (22/42) upgrading libmatemixer [###########] 100%
  118. (23/42) upgrading libmateweather [###########] 100%
  119. (24/42) upgrading marco [###########] 100%
  120. (25/42) upgrading mate-menus [###########] 100%
  121. (26/42) upgrading mate-panel [###########] 100%
  122. (27/42) upgrading mate-applets [###########] 100%
  123. (28/42) upgrading mate-backgrounds [###########] 100%
  124. (29/42) upgrading mate-icon-theme [###########] 100%
  125. (30/42) upgrading mate-settings-daemon [###########] 100%
  126. (31/42) upgrading mate-control-center [###########] 100%
  127. (32/42) upgrading mate-media [###########] 100%
  128. (33/42) upgrading mate-notification-daemon [###########] 100%
  129. (34/42) upgrading mate-polkit [###########] 100%
  130. (35/42) upgrading mate-power-manager [###########] 100%
  131. (36/42) upgrading mate-session-manager [###########] 100%
  132. (37/42) upgrading mate-screensaver [###########] 100%
  133. (38/42) upgrading mate-system-monitor [###########] 100%
  134. (39/42) upgrading mate-terminal [###########] 100%
  135. (40/42) upgrading mate-user-guide [###########] 100%
  136. (41/42) upgrading mate-utils [###########] 100%
  137. (42/42) upgrading mozo [###########] 100%
  138. :: Running post-transaction hooks...
  139. (1/6) Compiling GSettings XML schema files...
  140. (2/6) Updating icon theme caches...
  141. (3/6) Creating temporary files...
  142. (4/6) Arming ConditionNeedsUpdate...
  143. (5/6) Updating the desktop file MIME type cache...
  144. (6/6) Updating the MIME type database...
  145. ┌──[just]@[alexatm]:~$
  146. └─> mate-session --version
  147. mate-session 1.18.0
  148. ┌──[just]@[alexatm]:~$
  149. └─>

Antergos Mate 17.3. Upgrade from 1.16.1 to 1.18.0.